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To all whom it muy'concem':

UNtTED STATES I i mcmct-mx forming M Be it known that we, F R'AXCISIWRIGHT and GEORGE W. \Ymcnr,both of the city-of Washington', in the Districtof Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid Pond-Lily Soapfor Toilet Purposes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use i the same,

' This invention relates to that class of compounds used for toilet purposes; and itconsists in a composition for a toilet-wash composed of the extractt'rom pond-lilies combined with a saponaceous base devoid of animal fats ing a liquid wash. v This composition is made by lirst forming a saponaceous base by mixing any one or more -of the vegetable oils of olive, cotton-seed,

earth-nut, or other oils extracted from oleaginous seeds, saponified with lyes of soda, and then addingan extract from the root and leaves, from either the root or the leaves, of pondlilies and a perfume derived from the bloom of the pond-lily. 0f the pond-lily family we prefer to use theextract and perfume of the white pond-lily, (Xympluca orI0rata,) because of valuable healing qualities of this plant, especially for diseases and eruptions of the skin, and because of the delicacy and delightful odor of the perfume.

' The saponaceous base may beprepared by taking, say, about three-fourths (3) part of DING-Oil and. say, about one-fourth (1}) part of oil derived from the cotton-seed or earth-nut,

saponified by lyesofsoda in manner similar to the processes used in the manufacture of soap, and knownrespectively as the boiling process and the cold piocess.

If made by the cold process; which requires less time than the boiling profccss', \'ve-usefor every hundred Pounds of oil',lsay, about fifty pounds of the lyes of soda, nizu-kingthirty-six degrees alkalimetricstrength by Baumes hydrometer. The

oil is put-into a 'kettle of sullicient capacity,

holding, say, about forty-fiveor fifty gallons,

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and heat is applied until the temperature of the oil is raised to about 100 Fahrenheit; then the lyes of soda are gradually added and kept constantly stirred-for two or three hours, or until the substances are completely united. The heat is kept at an even temperature of about 112 Fahrenheit, which is most favor-' able for the perfect sapouification of the oil. The process of making the saponaceons base is complete when the oil and lyes of soda have combined intoa homogeneous mass, having neither oil at the top nor lye at the bottom of the kettle. It made by the boiling process, we.,procecd substantially as in the ordinary soap manufacture. At this stage of the process we add to the weight of the saponaceons base about one per cent. of extract of pondli-lies and thoroughly mix' until the extract is evenly incorporated; then pour this semi-fluid compound into suitable frames to gradually cool, and in a fewdays it will set or become hard.

From this compound we prepare a verydesirable toilet-wash by the addition of a snfiicie'nt quantity of pure soft water to reduce the compound to a fluid condition, to which we add a saturation of borax and a mere trace of bicarbonate of soda,to combine the aqueous solution with the saponified base. We also add suflicient 1 stantially the following proportions, namely four pounds of the toilet compound dissolved in ten gallons .of water, to which is added one gallon of aqua-ammonia, twelve ounces of borax, and one ounce of bicarbonate of soda.

It will be observed from the preceding description that we avoid all animal fats or oils, and thus escape all possibility of animal odors i'n onrwash, as well as all risk of com munieating cutaneous or other diseases derivable from slaughtered animals.

it will also be observed that we secure all the advantages due to the healing qualities of the rootsand leaves of the pond-lily, in addipond-lily toilet.-- -wash we use the several ingredients in subtion tot he mere delicacy of odor derived from and bicarbonate of soda, in the proportione the bloom of the plan substantially as described.

"We claimr l FRANCIS WRIGHT. The toilet-wash described; the sameconsist y GEORGE W. WRIGHT. 5 ing ofthe egtyoct from pond-lilies, combined Witnesses: with a sapouaeedns base devoid of animal fats G. E. TOWN,

or oils, and with water, aqua-mnmo11ia,borax, W. RMARSHQ 

